East Alton News

Checking local police reports provided this morning to Z-1570, East Alton Police were holding 33 year old Jennifer J. Miller of the 300 block of Kent Street in East Alton for criminal damage to property and two in state warrants.

Michele Sheppard of Bethalto, a son, Brayden Keith, 7 pounds, 3 ounces, 10:31 p.m. Sunday, Dec.

A man who was pulled over for a simple traffic stop ends up leading police on a high speed chase.

Survivors include her husband, Conrad DuPriest; one son, Shawn Scoggins of Columbia, Mo.; one daughter, Angie Scoggins of East Alton, Ill.; one stepson, Morgan DuPriest of Kuttawa; five grandchildren; three sisters, Sandy Webb of Wood River, Ill., Sharon Kirk of Austin, Texas, and Diana Neilson of Bethalto, Ill.; several nieces; and one nephew.

Illinois State Police are awaiting the examination of evidence in last month's shooting of a 22-year-old suspected car thief by a Wood River police officer.

The Illinois Department of Transportation announces there will be intermittent lane closures of the westbound lanes of Illinois Route 3 in East Alton and Alton, starting Feb.

An employee of Maxedon Landscaping in Effingham, left, plants bushes around a lighted sign for the new CVS Pharmacy at the corner of Edwardsville Road and Wood River Avenue in Wood River this week as a Bobcat tractor delivers more mulch to the site.

Checking local police reports provided this morning to Z-1570, Wood River Police were holding 23 year old Eric Graves of the 200 block of South Pence in East Alton on a violation of an order of protection.

Patty Higdon of South Roxana holds onto Ruby, a rat terrier who participated in the third annual Alton Pet Mardi Gras Parade on Sunday afternoon in Downtown Alton.

Bernice R. Dewese, 83, formerly of East Alton, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Regents Park Nursing Home.

A Wood River Police officer shot and wounded an East Alton man Friday morning who was caught driving a stolen vehicle, according to Illinois State Police.

A 22-year-old East Alton man is being treated for non life-threatening injuries in St.

Fred and Linda Mackelden of Godfrey are celebrating 40 years of marriage today. He and the former Linda Price were married Jan.

Could a proposal to share superintendents in a pair of small local school districts pave the way for a future consolidation? Some on social media sites have speculated that if an idea to share the head administrators between the It is an idea that was shot down by the slimmest of margins about a year ago in the spring election.

Volunteer tax preparer Tom Drake of Wood River goes over returns with Phillip Caldwell of Wood River Saturday morning at St.

Checking local police reports provided this morning to Z-1570, Wood River Police were holding 27 year old Romell Hamilton of Godfrey for domestic battery.